“The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to di...” — Taylor Mali Quote

“The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.”

“I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.”

“If you've ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, 'What Teachers Make,' is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, 'Let me tell you what really makes me angry.'”

“A simple lifestyle can make you happy and high expectations can disappoint a lot.”

“When someone invests in you, I don't want to disappoint them. I want to be the player they think they're getting.”

“Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.”